AESHNIDAE Rambur, 1842
(emperor and hawker dragonflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Aeshna
hawker dragonflies, aeshna dragonflies
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 65 images 3 ident. refs
Aeshna isoceles
Norfolk Hawker
Species 1 ident. refs
Anax
emperor dragonflies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 1 images
Brachytron pratense
Hairy Dragonfly
Species 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyAESHNIDAE (emperor and hawker dragonflies)
SuborderANISOPTERA (dragonflies)
OrderODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)
InfraclassPalaeoptera (dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

AESHNIDAE (emperor and hawker dragonflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for AESHNIDAE (emperor and hawker dragonflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for AESHNIDAE (emperor and hawker dragonflies)
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